University of Canterbury

This course examines Maori and Indigenous development. It covers both historical and contemporary developments and the factors which have affected Maori and Indigenous engagement with globalization, including economic development and education and health.

This course examines modern astrophysics. It covers how stars shine, and follow their evolution from birth to violent death; the physics of our planetary system and strange new worlds around other stars; our own Galaxy across the electromagnetic spectrum revealing the evidence for dark matter and supermassive black holes; and other galaxy systems, and the origin and fate of the whole Universe.

This course examines the Maori language for those with no previous background in Te Reo Maori. It covers basic informal and formal greetings, introductory songs, proverbs and idiom, introductions, and family relationships.

This course examines the theory and practice of forensic psychology, including the potential role of psychology graduates in the criminal justice system. There will be a particular emphasis on the contribution that psychological inquiry and practice can make in efforts to understand the causes of antisocial behavior, including developmental processes; develop and evaluate effective psychological interventions for antisocial behavior; predict who is likely to reoffend; detect and investigate crime; and understand the "process" or "cycle" of offending in the lives of repeat offenders.

This course examines the broad treatment of human sensation and perception, with the main emphasis on vision, but also including the other senses.

This course examines the historical and critical study of genre in Hollywood film. It covers the evolution and transformation of the conventions of key genres, such as the Science Fiction film, the Musical, Film Noir and Horror.

This course examines the social aspects of contemporary life. It covers the study of society, social institutions and social relations. Topics include health, gender and sexuality, religion, death, ethnicity, the city and the environment.

This course is an entry level course for those who wish to develop writing and speaking skills in Maori. Students learn an array of sentence constructions and vocabulary that will enable them to talk and write in several contexts about a wide variety of relationships and events in the present and the past. Students are exposed to cultural elements such as mihi, whakatauki and kiwaha, including a variety specific to Ngai Tahu. The course blends academic study of the language with a range of teaching techniques including language games, waiata and group activities.

This course examines tree breeding and conservation in the context of applied breeding programs. It connects elements of economics, quantitative genetics and tree multiplication practices for the design of tree improvement projects and the conservation of their genetic resources.

This course examines major nineteenth-and-twentieth centuries European novels in English and their adaptations in the in the countries of their origin and other countries. Students will read and discuss great novels written by major European writers and the way in which they have been put into films by contemporary film directors in the respective countries.